Today we join together in this solemn ceremony to honour the memory of the 129 men and woman who lost their lives last year while serving under the United Nations flag.
These brave personnel came from 50 countries. They were international and national. They were military and police. They were civilians and UN Volunteers. They served in different jobs – but they held fast to the same universal values.
Some were killed in malicious attacks. Others died in accidents. Still others fell to disease.
They were all heroes and heroines who we will never forget.